Full Member
Mavis Agyeiwaa Acheampong
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Society of Invertebrate Pathology
Entomological Society of Southern Africa
Degrees:
2020
Doctorate Agricultural Sciences
PhD in Entomology (Entomopathology), Rhodes University, 2020
2014
Master Agricultural Sciences
MPhil in Crop Science (Plant Pathology), University of Ghana
2010
Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences
BSc in Agriculture (Crop Science), University of Ghana
Publications resulting from Research
Acheampong, M. A., Cornelius, E. W., Eziah, V. Y., Fening, K. O., Ofori, K. O., Storm, C., Jessop, N., Luke, B., Moore, D., Clottey, V. A., Potin, O., & Grammare, P. (in press). Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana against adults of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky and Teretrius nigrescens Lewis in stored maize. African Entomology.
Acheampong, M. A., Hill, M. P., Moore, S. D., & Coombes, C. A. (2020). Temperature tolerance and humidity requirements of select entomopathogenic fungal isolates for future use in citrus IPM programmes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 174, 107–436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107436
Acheampong, M. A., Hill, M. P., Moore, S. D., & Coombes, C. A. (2020). UV sensitivity of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae isolates under investigation as potential biological control agents in South African citrus orchards. Fungal Biology, 124, 304–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.009
Traoré, S., Cornelius, E. W., Samaké, F., Essilfie, G., Babana, A. H., Bengaly, M., Koné, A., Cissé, H., & Acheampong, M. A. (2020). Efficiency of common washing treatments in reducing microbial levels on lettuce in Mali. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 28(2), 64–74.
Lutuf, H., Nyaku, S. T., Cornelius, E. W., Yahaya, S. A. J., & Acheampong, M. A. (2018). Prevalence of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with tomatoes in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science, 52, 83–94.
Acheampong, M. A., Cornelius, E. W., Eziah, V. Y., Fening, K. O., Luke, B., Moore, D., Clottey, V. A., Storm, C., & Potin, O. (2016). Beauveria bassiana affects immature stage development of Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in stored maize. Biocontrol Science and Technology 26(11), 1516–1525. https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2016.1217394
10th Citrus Research Symposium, 19–22 August
2025
Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.2nd Combined Congress of the Entomological and Zoological Societies of Southern Africa, 3–7 July
2025
CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and 47th Annual Meeting for Society of Invertebrate Pathology, 3–7 August
2025
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.10th Citrus Research Symposium, 19–22 August
2025
Champagne Sports Resort, Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.2nd Combined Congress of the Entomological and Zoological Societies of Southern Africa, 3–7 July
2025
CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and 47th Annual Meeting for Society of Invertebrate Pathology, 3–7 August
2025
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.